Barefoot at the Lake

Bruce Fogle's childhood summers were spent barefoot and free at the family cabin by the lake, but when he turns ten, everything begins to change and the harshness of adulthood and the patterns of the natural world reveal themselves to him. Barefoot at the Lake is a beautifully written boy's eye view of the animals, humans, and landscape of Bruce's youth, shot through with humor and moving wisdom.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 286 pages
Publication date: 04 June 2019
Publisher: September Publishing

A long, hot summer's day of a book - full of wonderful stories, poignant memories, and acute observations of the natural world - Kate Humble Bruce Fogle's childhood summers were spent barefoot and free at the family cabin by the lake. The summer he turns ten seems, at first, like any other: swimming out to the raft, watching the gulls, frogs, and herons, catching crayfish. But just when life seems perfect, everything begins to change, and over the course of two months, the harshness of adulthood and the patterns of the natural world reveal themselves to him. Barefoot at the Lake is a beautifully written boy's eye view of the animals, humans, and landscape of Bruce's youth shot through with humor and moving wisdom. Now with an atmospheric new foreword by Bruce's son, wildlife presenter Ben Fogle, that shares his stories of summers spent in the very same cabin. Enchanting... Gently and lovingly, Bruce Fogle's writing highlights something we are in danger of losing forever: that we can understand ourselves most profoundly only in relation to the wilderness - Ruth Padel

Weight: 236g
Dimension: 126 x 197 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912836086